Golf For Dummies
Explore BookClub | What It’s For |
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Driver | Teeing off — and very occasionally hitting from a good lie in the fairway |
Hybrid club | Getting shots of 150+ yards airborne |
2- to 9-iron | Hitting toward the green, usually from 120–190 yards away — use low-numbered irons for longer shots, high-numbered irons for shorter shots |
Wedges | Hitting short, high shots from near the green or from sand bunkers |
Putter | Rolling the ball into the hole after it’s on the green (or occasionally from just off the green) |
Club | Men’s Average Distance | Women’s Average Distance |
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Driver | 230 yards | 200 yards |
3-wood | 210 yards | 180 yards |
2-iron | 190 yards | Not recommended; 4-wood or hybrid = 170 yards |
3-iron | 180 yards | Not recommended; 5-wood or hybrid = 160 yards |
4-iron | 170 yards | 150 yards (consider a hybrid, instead) |
5-iron | 160 yards | 140 yards |
6-iron | 150 yards | 130 yards |
7-iron | 140 yards | 120 yards |
8-iron | 130 yards | 110 yards |
9-iron | 120 yards | 100 yards |
Pitching wedge | 110 yards | 90 yards |
Sand wedge | 90 yards | 80 yards |
Lob wedge | 65 yards | 60 yards |